And the LotRO devs will answer. At least, that's what it seems like lately, with the coming of the Shores of Evendim. Warcry had a phone interview with Jeffrey Steefel, Executive Producer of Lord of the Rings Online and they asked him numerous questions about the LotRO and the upcoming software update.

The new area, which is aimed at the level 27+ crowd, also let them make further steps in their stated goal of having players play a peripheral role to the core story of the books. In the trilogy, Aragorn is presented with the reforged sword Narsil. It is not clear how that sword was put back together, simply that it was. In the game, players get a new epic quest where they must go into Elendil's Tomb and help reforge that very sword. It sticks with their theme of having the players on the outskirts of the actual main storyline.